Libranet, one of the first "easy Debian" distros has released its long-awaited 3.0 edition featuring a 2.6 kernel, graphical install, and revamped Adminmenu. ISOs can be downloaded here from the Libranet site for $89.95 for new users and $64.95 for students and existing users.

The software giant is working furiously to put the finishing touches on its integrated SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.

Featuring a 2.6.11.6 kernel, Firefox 1.0.2, The Gimp 2.2, GNOME 2.8.3, KDE 3.3, gcc 3.4.3, openoffice.org 1.1.4, Mandriva is striving to be the operating system of choice not only amongst Linux users, but computer users worldwide - both consumer and enterprise.

Linux brings open standards, along with maximum availability and flexibility. Add the performance and reliability of the POWER processor and applications will reap the combined advantages of Linux on POWER. This paper introduces Linux on POWER hardware and software environments and will provide you with information to get started.

Marek Szyprowski has released a very early alpha version of a NTFS filesystem driver for MorphOS.

I've always found Global menu bars (ala Mac) to be bad usability-wise. They have numerous problems. I've always found that having a single menu bar at the top of the screen as Macs are both confusing and inefficient. Menu bars like that are leftovers from when Mac OS was primarily a single process operating system, and it should have been ditched long ago.

In this chapter, you will learn the basics of the MMAPI and its implementation on Nokia devices. After studying the two example applications provided, you should be able to add multimedia playback and audio/video capturing features to your own application. Also, mobile gaming and mobile applications are hot! Games need to have flashy and stylish graphics, and the standards are now higher than ever. Mikko Kontio tells you how to develop 3D graphics for your J2ME devices with the Mobile 3D Graphics API.

This chapter looks at the famed operating system abstraction of the process. Topics covered include the generalities of the process, why it is important, and the relationship between processes and threads. Specifically, this chapter covers how Linux stores and represents processes.

Now that he's explored why cluster computing is a great idea (more power for less money) in Part 1, Rob Lucke describes the various cluster components and discusses some of the possibilities for designing and building your own cluster.

After a long waiting, WinUAE 1.0 is released for all nostalgic Amiga fans.

Chesky records, a small record label, produces what is called audiophile friendly music. To learn how to create music with this high detail and how to play it right, just read some of their articles. There is a lot of talk there on tube amps and stereo mics and horn speakers etc. Forget the high-end gear, there is one complete article on how to set up your power supply for best audio experience. But mere mortals like us listen to the music on our PCs. Though it does not even begin to compare with all that exotic gear out there, it can be set up to deliver a surprisinlgy good quality sound.

More info and examples over the two new thumb interfaces Microsoft Research introduced a few weeks ago and we reported in earlier this month.

Mozilla firefox 1.0.3 is out with some security fixes.

This is a report on the third and final day of USENIX 2005. You might want to start at my report on Day one and then move to Day two. Day three of USENIX 2005 has come and is now almost gone. When you get to a conference, it always seems like the days will stretch on forever. Then before you know it, everything is all over and you are on your way home. Its kind of like summer camp, I guess.